Foot-ball head-harness.



G. L. PIERCE.

FOOT BAH. HEAD HARNESS. APPLICATION mm mm I2, 1916.

Patented Oct. 3, 1916.

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GEORGE L. PIERCE, 0F BROOKLQ'N, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR T0 A. G. SPALD IN'Gd2 BRQS. MFG. CO, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEWJERSEY.

FOOT-BALL HEAD-HABNESS.

Specification of Letters Eatent.

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: Application filed June 12, 1916. Serial No. 103,183.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Gnonon L. Prnncn, acitizen of the United States, ,and resident of Brooklyn, New York, haveinvented certain new and usefullmprovements in Foot-Ball Head-Harness,of which the following is a 1 specification.

The invention is an improvement upon that'disclosed in Letters Patent ofthe United States granted to me, No. 694,986,

' and it consistsin the features and combination and arrangement ofparts hereinafter described. and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings Figurel is a sectional view of the harness,and Fig. 2 is a sectional view looking from the underside of thehcad-harness.

l'n these drawings 1 indicates the outer shell or member of the harness,which may be of any suitable construction, but in the particular formillustrated it consists of a cap-like member with crossing strips 3sewed thereto, these strips 3 being made of ccunparatively still leatherstitched to the member 2. The inner shell or member 4, which is spz-cedapart from the outer shell at its top, but .is connected thereto at itslower edge, consists, in my present invention, of a series of strips 5radiating from the center of this inner shell or member, and, whilethese strips may be'of any suitable material and may be a r: uged in.v-arious ways, 1 prefer to connect them at the central portion of themember where they converge with each other. I prefer to -term thesestrips of suitable length to extend in arched form from the loweredge'of the outer reinforced shell on one side to the lower edge of saidouter shell on the other side, each strip being continuous from end toend and overlapping, or underlapping, as the,case may be, the otherdiametrically disposed strips. These strips, where they lap one upon theother at the central portion, may be secured in various ways, but Iprefer to employ a disk 6 of suitable material with circular rows ofstitching 7 passing therethrough and through the radiating strips. Thecentral memberor disk may be formed of leather and I prefer to form thestrips of textile fabric. An appropriate amount of space is leftbetweenprotection to the head of the wearer, it being understood thatthe harness will be supported on the head by contact of the innerincinber therewith. This is flexible to accom1nodate itself to the shapeof the head, and be ing formed of strips as described, spaces ofconsiderable area are left at ,8 between the strips, these spacesgradually enlarging from the center outwardly to the lower edge of theouter shell, and this divided formation of the inner shell also enablesit to accommodate itself to the shape of the head, as well as providingfor a high degree/ of ventilation, the outer stiff shell being providedwith perforations 9 for the passage of air. The outer ends of theradiating strips are secured to the reinforced outer shell, preferably,by stitching 10 passing around the lower portion of the outer shell, andthis stitching also serves to hold a band of felt, or other materialshown at 11, which extends around the interior of the outer shell at thelower edge thereoflthis' band covering'the outer ends of the radiatingstrips of the inner shell or member. Suitable felt lining, indicated at19, is connected by adhesive material to the inner side' of the outerreinforced shell and the covering strip of felt, or like material, maybe secured by adhesive to this felt or cotton batting lining of the,

outer shell. The harness is provided with. the skirt portion 18, and theband l4: at the front connected by elastic at 15 with the skirt portion,and this band and the skirt portion :are secured to the cap portion bystitching them to the ends of the reinforcing strips 3. The skirtportion may have the usual ear protectors 16.

The outer member, as above stated, jisremforced by the crossing strips.3, and this outer member is lined with soil; felt. This inforcingderived from the crossing strips 3, will be snfliciently resistant toavoid damage to the wearer of the head gear.

1 claim as' my invention 1. In combination in a head-harness, an

outer shell reinforced by exterior strips crossing each other and sewedthereto and an. inner member composed of strips of textile fabricextending in arched form from side to side of the outer shell andconnected thereto, said inner member being spaced apart from the outershell, substantially as described.

2. In combination in a head-harness, an outer shell, an inner membercomposed of strips of textile fabric radiating from the crown of the"inner member and extending downwardly to the lower edge of the outershell and a band of soft material overlying the lower ends of the saidtextile strips, said inner member being spaced apart from the shell,substantially as described.

3. In combination .in a head harness, an outer shell an inner membercomposed of strips of textile fabric radiating from the aooaeocrown'o'i' the inner member and e itei'i.i *;2;' do iwardly to the loweredge or" the WW6! siren and a band of: soft material overlying the lowerends of the said textile strips, said inner member being spaced apartfrom. the shell, and said band of soft material being secured to theshell by a line oi. stitches, whichalso secures the ends oi. theradiating; strips to the said shell, substantially dcscribed.

4. In combination in a head harness, an outer shell composed of acap-like member stiti'ened by crossing; strips attached thereto, saidmember having a soft lining of felt, and an inner member attached to thelower portion oi the outer member and. consisting of crossing; stripsspaced apart froin the outer member intermediate of their attached endssubstantially as described.

In testimony \rhm'eot', I have aiiixed my signature.

(HDQVRGE L. PIERQE.

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